A newly identified exonic mutation of the WT1 gene in a patient with Denys-Drash syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-266

  Tsuda, Masahiko ^a   Sakiyama, Takeshi ^a   Owada, Misao ^a   Chiba, Yasushi ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hitachi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denys Drash syndrome; Exon 8; Point mutation; WT1 gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WILMS TUMOR; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 0029901855     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03483.x     Document Type: Article

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